Work & commute · Covina

Work & commute in Covina, CA

Most working residents leave Covina for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (14%), West Covina (3%) and Industry (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,375 of 21,085 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 19,710 Covina residents head out of town to work, 1,375 work right here, and 18,397 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Covina.

19,710live here, work elsewhere

1,375live and work here

18,397work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Covina goes to work

Los Angeles30.7 mi away

14%2,941

Covina (in town)right here

7%1,375

West Covina2.9 mi away

3%732

Industry5.5 mi away

3%613

Pomona7.3 mi away

2%506

Glendora4.2 mi away

2%477

Pasadena15.4 mi away

2%475

Anaheim17.7 mi away

2%473

Ontario16.2 mi away

2%452

San Dimas4.4 mi away

2%444

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%12,597

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Covina commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

35%

38%

19%

35%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Covina is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Covina are

19,772 jobs are based in Covina. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Covina’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Covina

19,772 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Covina residents hold

21,085 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+6%

Jobs based in Covina, 2013 → 2023: 18,571 → 19,772. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.